AuthorTopic: this guy is dumb (Read 4626 times)

I've never seen anyone pwn himself so hard, so many times as this guy. The premise of the argument was that South Americans should not write Celtic songs because they're not (directly) from the British Isles. Never mind the quality of the music. I stepped in and exposed his ignorance and he insisted on shooting himself in the foot five times. He also threw a weak racist slur at me ("What's your name, Paco?" in non-broken English), which is hilarious given that my face goes better with names like 'Lothar' and 'Varg Vikernes'.

Quote from: yroslav

must folk bands relate to their past like viking folk that scandinavian bands play ok mostly finland but still got some realtion because they are germanic people and latins go nothing to do with the celts =\ its like an arab band will want to make viking metal or somthing feels not right

Quote from: me

"there no such thinking arabian metal does it sound normal to you ?"

Well, it's called 'oriental metal' and there are some very good bands in that genre. Like Melechesh.

But right now, just enjoy the f***king Skiltron song.

"mostly finland but still got some realtion because they are germanic people"

Finns are NOT Germanic, and never participated in Viking raids.

Quote from: yroslav

i know but they are germanic ....

Quote from: me

NO, Finns are not Germanic. Not in any way, shape or form. They're Finno-Ugric, like Hungarians.

Quote from: yroslav

sure they are also you forgot to mantien aliens btw hungarians are slavic.... jesus live european cultur out of south american please

Hey, I'm a seasoned pro who can spare you plenty of e-black eyes. Pointers on arguing with an idiot:

Be sure to repeat the same facts again and again. Idiots are slow on the uptake and have short attention spans.

Because of this short attention span, idiots also like to set the bar higher all the time but, like eating kindergarten paste, that is a bad habit. So try to correct it by loudly pointing out every time they backpedal.

Furnish iron-clad, copper-bottomed evidence if necessary. Make sure there is absolutely no way you can be wrong. I recommend high quality color pictures and official documents signed in triplicate, but even that's not always enough.

If all else fails, you can use a Markov chain text generator. I have used this method with 'very special' people and I have to say that, if logic and reason don't work, instilling a sense of futility will. Even people who are as dense as dead stars will not argue with stochastic models of themselves.

And above all, remember that idiots love people who will exhaustively expose their failures as human beings or, indeed, as nominally sapient sacks of flesh. Bear that in mind whenever you have the misfortune of crossing one.

I really can't believe there is people who still can't understand this stuff. The misunderstood in this matter is often huge. I believe mostly all of them have the origin in the raze concept. The fact that the origin of a language is the key is ignored, and replaced by some obscure racist idea. The Hadrian wall or the Rhine river are probably more important than a genetic tale to explain some stuff.Of course, some people can't understand the if ... then structure, that makes things very difficult to anyone who puts some value in a discussion. I know I am not a genius, but I know how to listen and learn from others, there is also some virtue in that.